VERILY, [O believer,] it is We who have bestowed from on high this Qur'an upon thee, step by step - truly a bestowal from on high! 23 Therefore stay patient upon your Lord’s command, and do not listen to any of the sinners or ingrates among them. 24 And mention the name of your Lord [in prayer] morning and evening 25 and during the night prostrate ourself before Him, and extol His glory for a long part of the night. 26 Surely these love the transitory and neglect a grievous day before them. 27 It is We Who created them, and strengthened their skeleton; and We can replace them with others like them, whenever We will. 28 Verily this is an admonition; then whosoever will, may choose a way unto his Lord. 29 Yet you will not unless Allah wills; surely, Allah is the Knower, the Wise. 30 He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath prepared a painful doom. 31